My only quibble with Castle was they went with the "traumatized kids" trope. But, otherwise, refreshingly non-judgmental. I'd be leery of, say, Bones tackling the same sub-culture.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
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Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 2:56:37 am PDT #3938 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Barb - Oct 27, 2009 4:27:43 am PDT #3939 of 11831
“Not dead yet!”
My only quibble with Castle was they went with the "traumatized kids" trope
Yeah, but it was nice how they integrated it, within the scope of the art, as opposed to strictly through the subculture. From that standpoint, I thought it was really well done.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 4:31:56 am PDT #3940 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
For lightweight, mainstream-network show, they handled it very well. For instance, the victim's bisexuality was brought up and absolutely nothing was made of it.
Vortex - Oct 27, 2009 6:01:15 am PDT #3941 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And the father/ daughter thing is getting better. he is being more of a dad. I liked it.
I really loved the switch from Happy!Shiny!Castle to Dad!Castle. I also loved that he went and got his daughter, no questions asked until everyone was safe.
sumi - Oct 27, 2009 6:08:18 am PDT #3942 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, that was great.
And they kind of undercut the childhood trauma thing with Castle's story.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 6:12:16 am PDT #3943 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And they kind of undercut the childhood trauma thing with Castle's story.
Yeah, I did like that a lot.
I also loved that he went and got his daughter, no questions asked until everyone was safe.
I liked that he wasn't going to lecture or yell, but he also wasn't going to let the friend off the hook with her parents.
Vortex - Oct 27, 2009 6:17:55 am PDT #3944 of 11831
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I liked that he wasn't going to lecture or yell, but he also wasn't going to let the friend off the hook with her parents.
exactly. Castle's actually a really good dad. I also liked it when he had the model girl come over to hang out with Alexis so that she would have people to ground her.
eta: not in the "you're grounded, young lady!" sense, but in the "keep your feet on the ground (and keep reaching for the sky)" sense.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 27, 2009 7:29:22 am PDT #3945 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Castle's actually a really good dad. I also liked it when he had the model girl come over to hang out with Alexis so that she would have people to ground her.
Yeah, that was nice too. This and Lie to Me (when they deal with it) are definitely picking up that nice functional father/daughter thing I was missing now that Eureka's on hiatus (again).
Burrell - Oct 27, 2009 8:27:39 am PDT #3946 of 11831
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That was the best Castle episode so far, I think. The tone has been a bit uneven this season, but I really liked last night's episode.
DH is really unhappy with Beckett's hair this season. He keeps whining about it. "Why do they always have to grow out her hair? And for God's sake, why give her a mullet?"
Liese S. - Oct 27, 2009 12:44:39 pm PDT #3947 of 11831
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I had to rewind the beginning of Castle three times before I even watched the show. I mean, a shout out is one thing, but that was nuts. I was laughing so hard. All it lacked was a tightness reference. Hee! "I like it!"
I was worried about the episode and it did make me cringe a little, but I liked the direction it took overall.
I love Dad!Castle. It was so great that Alexis did call him, and it was great how he handled it, and it was great that they showed the real consequences with her friend. Also how cute was she in her costume? I love the depiction of her as age-appropriate.